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SANTO ANTÓNIO – San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg updated the community on the local response to COVID-19 at the daily briefing on Thursday night.
Nirenberg reported 201,273 total cases of COVID-19 and 2,995 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 77 new cases on Wednesday. No new deaths were reported today. The mayor says that the lowercase count is attributed to a delay in the results of the Curative Laboratories.
The 7-day moving average is 146.
City officials also reported that 202 patients are hospitalized, 79 are in the intensive care unit and 41 are on ventilators. There are 11% of the beds available and 70% of the fans available.
There were 37 hospital admissions related to COVID in the last 24 hours.
Nirenberg said 387,892 people received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 215,467 are fully vaccinated in Bexar County.
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